
Entela Resuli
Albana Hana is the second daughter of Xhevat Hana. He was the father of four children. Three daughters and a son. The prosecutor of several "hot" cases in Albania, passed away 13 years ago in a hospital in Italy. According to the analyzes, he died of a "bad disease".
It all happened in a matter of days. He didn't even have time to prepare for his departure from this world, because before he closed his eyes, he didn't say a single word to his children and wife, who stayed by his side until the last moments.
January is a sad month for the Hana family. He has taken away the pillar of the family, he has taken away the one they loved and respected so much. His word in the house was law. He was authoritarian and of few words.
Two of his children followed the path of justice, his son and daughter Albana, whom we met this Monday morning.
It is both easy and difficult to get to know a parent through a child's story. Even more so when he or she has left this world prematurely. Memories and longing mix together and you often feel a blockage coming from your throat. It doesn't let you get the words out. This was also happening to Albana in this story for Dita.
Her father was one of the most important people in Albanian justice. An uncompromising name, even though he had many hot issues in his hands during his life.
Many have called him Giovanni Falcone or Paolo Borsellino. Even in Albana's eyes, he was like that. Honest and fair to the extreme.
Albana tells us that he was a man of sacrifice. He grew up in a poor and honest family in a village in Librazhd. In the third grade he left home where he lived in dormitories because there was no school in the village where he was born. He completed his studies at all levels with excellent results.
Justice was the school he attended and which later became a way of life for him.
"You look a bit like him physically, don't you?" I ask Albana.
She lowers her head and laughs. "Of the children, I resemble him the most, even in appearance. I had a special relationship with my father. All children have this, but I feel like I was closest to him," says XhevatHana's second daughter.
Further, she says that she has a strong resemblance to her father, in the way they speak. "My father, whenever he told a story, he would accompany them with a joke behind it. I have it like that too, not so much with jokes, but with movie situations. He was a grandfather. Maybe many might think that he is talking about his father and anyone would say this sentence... maybe".
Not only Albana, but also her brother has completed his Law studies.
Thinking about Xhevat Hana, a prosecutor, makes you think that Albana may have received the basics of knowledge in this field in the family, but her father did not practice the profession within the walls of the house.
"Dad's nature was to keep his work separate from his home. It was also the nature of his profession. But, I believe, to protect us, he did not talk to us about the issues he was investigating and had in hand. He distanced himself from us. I often think that he did not find many people with whom he could share certain things. He had a hard time finding people like him. Human nature is tempted, but he was not like everyone else."
-Were you a "daddy's girl"?
"Yes. I say this with pride. He had a lot of trust in me. For everything, for better or worse, he turned to me. We were very close, also due to the fact that we are very similar in character.
-He seemed like a tough guy at first glance. What was he like up close?
He gave the impression that he was constantly frowning, but he was such a cheerful man at the table that he never spent a minute without laughing. After every conversation, he would tell a joke to de-dramatize the situation. He was a humorous, sociable man and loved parties. Only those who knew him closely could understand. But those who saw him from afar could say: how do you do this?! That's what they often said to my mother...
-Did you feel that you were the children of an important prosecutor?
One thing is certain. We have always been very protected by his name. It is understood that we lived in a difficult period when he practiced his profession. The period after the '90s was very delicate for girls, but we as children did not have problems. We were protected and this came as a result of his name and authority.
-Have you ever felt threatened in the family as a result of your father's work?
My father, during his life, has had many difficult issues and he has tried to maintain balance so that we are not affected by his work. There have only been two or three moments when we have felt threatened and affected by his work. At least these have come to the surface and that is what we have learned. It was in 2008 when he took the Remzi Hoxha case to court and there they called us at home and threatened us. He also felt bad when they fired me from my job in 2010. I worked at the Ministry of Integration and for a ridiculous reason they fired me. It was understood that it was a kind of pressure on my father. There was also a moment earlier when he had the Zani Çaushi case in hand, in 1997-1998 where even then we received threatening phone calls at home.
-Weren't you afraid?
He said this is my job, you do whatever you want. I'm sure he was afraid, but he kept it inside. He always wanted to get the truth out. He always wanted to do justice.
-Xhevat Hana, your father was an influential prosecutor, whom even politicians feared...
I believe so, but that's how he knew how to do his job. He had a lifestyle. He had his own style and his own way of doing things. For him, a task was a task. He wanted to see the matter through to the end. In his life, there have been very delicate issues and he never took them into consideration, saying; wait, this is so-and-so's son, or pistachio's friend.
-Did you know your father's "enemies" at home?
To some extent, yes. We knew some people who didn't like him or didn't like him. Many people didn't really agree with the way he saw things, or how he worked, and for that reason they didn't like him.
-Did he have health problems?
He had. He had problems with knee pain. Our house is near the hospital and his mom often told him; go get tested sometime. He was a little negligent in this regard.
-When did you find out that he was sick?
In the fall of 2011, he had his first serious symptoms. Then it was December 12th when we admitted him to the hospital. It was a bit of a confusing and chaotic situation. The doctors encouraged us to take him abroad and at the end of December we left for Italy.
-Did he himself understand the illness he had?
I believe so. We never told him. He experienced everything in silence. The doctors in Italy told us that the Albanian doctors had done a good job, but this is how this disease ends. The doctors were clear in their minds that nothing could be done.
-He told you something in the last moments...
Nothing of the sort. He didn't leave us any legacy.
-How is that possible?
I don't know. Maybe it's also a kind of choice. Maybe he didn't want to accept that he was leaving. He had encountered many things in life. He had seen many situations. He could even smell some things. But the fact that he didn't even ask us, maybe he didn't want to hear the bitter truth. He loved life very much, and when you mentioned death to him, he rejected it as a word, he said; don't talk like that. Remove this word death.
-Suspicions have been raised about your father's death, about a possible poisoning. When did these suspicions arise in you?
Even during the illness, we had doubts and the fact that his condition worsened very quickly made us suspicious. Then you start to think, and analyzing everything, you start to doubt a little. Coincidences make us suspect more. But we have a medical report, and it is science that speaks, saying that he died of the disease. I don't want to be naive here, but I tend to trust the medical report. Six doctors have signed it.
Living with him every day, we knew that he had problems, both in the digestive system and with his legs. Doctors tell us to clear our minds of doubts. Why do Italian doctors have to say this? Could it be that they did something to him and the manipulation has reached Italian medicine?! I don't know. Where can't the mind go!?
-So you don't think that something might have been done to your father, perhaps poisoned?
We don't rule it out 100 percent, but we're more on the other side. We have his analysis in hand.
-You've heard the speculations that have come from different people... what do you think?
Of course we have heard them, but it is very easy to make some calculations when you are outside. Their calculation may stand because there are some coincidences in this regard: it was this case (Remzi Hoxha's case); it happened to some others who are related to the case; The case was at the end, and by the way, my father was also a victim and they could have done the same thing to him(!). Now if others have any information that we do not know, come and tell us.
-As a lawyer, what do you think?
To investigate this matter? No, I'm not, because I don't trust it.
-You don't have faith, where?
Yes, in everything. First of all, we took him to Italy. The doctors told us they didn't do anything to him, it's natural. Six doctors signed off. At the moment they say that, what makes me think that if I reopen this issue I will find a different truth. Apart from reopening our wounds, I don't think of any other outcome.
-Mom, what do you think?
More or less, we're all on the same page here, in the family.
-You said a few days ago on Facebook that, "my father could also be the head of the Bureau of Investigation...why?"
It was just a suggestion of mine. And I liked someone who said he should be head of the Bureau of Investigation and I say that he could have been made because he really deserved it. For the many virtues he had, since he was a professional, he had the right experience, he had years of work and he was a man who really wanted to do justice. That's what I started from, I didn't start from anything else.
-They say he was an honest man...
A lot. His only source of money was his salary.
He wasn't tempted, because as a prosecutor he must have had a lot of temptations...?
There were many. I guarantee that they came with bags of money to our house and my father did not accept them. This came from those who are powerful businessmen today and maybe now they come out and speak and give advice. He was very clear in what he wanted to do. He wanted justice. Those bags that often hit us at the door he did not see and did not take into consideration. I think this must be rare for a man. He had this uniqueness.
-Did he have any issues he was deeply involved in and you understood this, even though he didn't talk about it at home...?
There was the case of Remzi Hoxha. He wanted to see it through to the end because he thought it was an injustice. A person had disappeared and been mistreated. Someone had to be held accountable. But he couldn't...
- Were you worried ?
There were days when he was very tense. But he kept everything to himself. He often refused to talk. And not just about work. He kept a lot to himself. He kept work matters very far away. He never brought the concrete details home.
-Do you have any problems in your relationship with him?
The moment you have a grudge against someone, it makes it very difficult to find peace afterwards. We in the family have not had this, nor have I personally. I wish he had lived longer, to see the achievements of his children. In our relationship, we had very good relations. He knew how to maintain a family with sound foundations. He never kissed. He was not one of those parents who would open the door of the house and hug you, but he had a lot of love, he showed this in other actions.
-How did Mom experience it?
Too bad. Mom was the person he talked to often. She could know a lot of things. She played the role of lightning rod with Dad. She also keeps a lot of things inside. It has been difficult and continues to be difficult for her.
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Reprint. Published in Dita on January 16, 2017. The reason for the reprint is related to the anniversary of the death of Prosecutor Xhevat Hana, who passed away on January 11, 2011.
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